Irwin ZiiZ ZW - Virtual Performance Artist

Irwin ZiiZ ZW is an avatar performance artist-in-residence at Roland Quagmire III's RolyWorld Mansion.
"Irwin" is ZW's adopted English name.
ZW is from some undisclosed 'alien' cyberdimension and speaks its own abstract language. ZW's appearance is not fixed as ZW is a changeling and can transform into different personas - all of which are rather bizarre post-people and not necessarily gendered. Performance rooms are assembled by Roland Quagmire III under ZW's direct specifications.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

NEW! 2 AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEOS FROM IRWIN ZIIZ ZW!

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Irwin ZiiZ ZW chose to do two live avatar performances to allow for a subtle aesthetic variation to occur using the same basic structure of the previous performance action. Since ZW begins with the occult process of virtual mirror-scrying, it is possible that two different phenomenological, ontological and metaphysical effects might occur upon the close and repeated viewing of both performance videos. ZW is currently rehearsing in the same performance space for an extremely ambitious avatar performance involving the theme of Ouija Board channeling titled "^^oui^^dd^ja^".

Please stay tuned to this blog for updates. In the meantime, there are many rehearsal screenshots and 8 other performances with embedded videos to check out.

^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #9

Friday, November 17, 2006

NEW! 8th AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

This 8th avatar performance video ^^^x'oa'tN'ii'jW'e'Y by Irwin ZiiZ ZW was just uploaded this morning although it the performance space was installed yesterday afternoon and evening (thursday)...Enjoy!

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This is ZW's favourite performance so far. I hope you can see why!The theme is abstract and surreal but does seem to contain a few references along the way...

b^rr^rr^rrr^rrrr performance rehearsal screenshot #2

b^rr^rr^rrr^rrrr performance rehearsal screenshot #3

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW's 6th AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

^^^x'KT'oN'h'w - Lost in a Supernatural Enchatted Forest is the brand new avatar performance video-document by Irwin ZiiZ ZW. The word "Enchatted" is not a typo mean to be "Enchanted". For this document, this forest is embued with a kind of chattiness.

Some viewers interpreting this performance as an extension of Machinima rather than live performance might see a structural parallel between this performance video and Michael Snow's experimental film classic, "Wavelength" (1967).

^^^TsemAMb performance rehearsal screenshot #1

Irwin ZiiZ ZW is currently uploading a new performance video called "^^^TsemAMb". The video is now being uploaded to Google Video. It should be online in 24 hours. In the meantime, here are some performance rehearsal screenshots and some other goodies to hold you off...

ZW is an alien from some unknown cyberdimension. This avatar performance is called "^^^FaAfFiRNir" (2006)

On the surface, this might appear to be ZW's most "pointless" and drawn-out performance that ZW has made so far.

Only upon repeating viewings can one glean the creative artistic expression behind this performance. It seems to be based on Fafnir the mythological Norse dragon. In this case, "Fafnir" seems to be "faffing" around and not really doing anything that a human would find productive and/or aesthetically important to a human civilization. This might be ZW's intention and theme.

ZW employed the help of The Notabots who created the soundtrack out of scrambled "New Music" from the last century (pre-historic times).

Please scroll down for rehearsal screenshots and more archived performances.

^^^WoRifiTR performance rehearsal screenshot #3

^^^WoRiFiTR performance rehearsal screenshot #4

Friday, November 10, 2006

NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW's 2nd AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

Here is the video-documentation for the 2nd avatar performance by Irwin ZiiZ ZW.This performance is called "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali". If you cannot see the above video embedded into this block, please click on this link.

According to the official story, Roland Quagmire III played Irwin ZiiZ ZW John Coltrane's last album "Interstellar Space" (1967) with Rashied Ali on drums. ZW was so inspired by Rashied Ali, a performance was made as a tribute to Ali and Free Jazz in general. ZW designed the room, abstract expressionist backdrops and assembled the drumset sculpture. It is believed that the Cybergroup, The Notabots were commissioned to remix Ali's drums. It is also known that the hi-hat cymbals assembled around the perimeter of the space architecturally follow a "single paradiddle" motif.